LONGFILTER="filters" specifies one or more file filters to use as search
criteria for displaying files in the Open dialog box. The first filter in
the argument list is used as the search criteria. You must enclose the filter
list in double quotation marks. Note that you can specify long file names
that include spaces and single quotes. For example, if you specify

dlgopen longfilter="*.Bob's work"

the dialog box displays all files in the current folder that have .Bob's
work as their file extension.

Note: When you are using the DLGOPEN command in the DM statement, do
not use single quotation marks as part of a longfilter. The DM statement requires
single quotation marks around the command it submits. A single quotation mark
in the longfilter indicates to the DM statement the end of the command.

FILTER='filters' specifies
one or more file filters to use as search criteria for displaying files in
the Open dialog box. The first filter in the list is used as the search criteria.
You must enclose the filter list in quotation marks. Separate multiple filters
with a space. For example, if you specify

dlgopen filter='*.bak *.txt'

the dialog box displays all files in the current folder that have a
.BAK and .TXT file extensions.

In both LONGFILTER= and FILTER=, you can specify one
or more filters, but only the first filter is honored.

Note: The difference between LONGFILTER="filters" and
FILTER='filters'
is the use of spaces and quotation marks. When you use LONGFILTER="filters", the filter can contain spaces and single quotation
marks. When you use FILTER='filters' , the filters
cannot contain spaces and quotes.

specifies whether the Submit check box is checked when the dialog box opens. By default,
the Submit check box (which indicates that the
contents of the opened file should be immediately submitted as a SAS program)
is not checked. To automatically submit a file it is opened, select Submit contents of file opened from the Preferences dialog box General
page.

The Open and Import
dialog boxes allow you to select a file to read into the active window. To
access the Open dialog box from the pull-down menus, select the File menu and then select
Open. To access the Import dialog box from the pull-down menus, select
the File menu and then select
Import.